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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 17, 2015

Japan's public diplomacy of churlish cluelessness

Enough is enough. How dare UNESCO inscribe primary sources and a wartime video about the Nanking mayhem into global memory? I fully support the Japanese government's threats to withdraw funding from UNESCO to protest its recent decision to include a dossier submitted by China, "Documents of Nanjing Massacre,"...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2015

New JICA head envisages 'effective approach' for ODA

Shinichi Kitaoka, the newly appointed president of Japan International Cooperation Agency, said he wants to carefully study the needs of recipients and work to provide development aid effectively given the country's limited financial resources.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2015

Sex education or propaganda?

The government distributed inaccurate sex education material to high school teachers in a misguided attempt to raise the national birthrate.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2015

Kato hopes to win over public with message child-rearing is rewarding

A new Japanese Cabinet minister tasked with finding ways to boost the birthrate and keep a shrinking population from falling below 100 million said on Thursday he hoped to win over more Japanese to his view that child-rearing is rewarding. Solutions to Japan's population slide have eluded policymakers...
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 3, 2015

Germans at Kurume 'getting arrogant'; Throne Assistance body meets; hope abandoned for 208 missing fishermen; Kaifu congratulates unified Germany

100 YEARS AGO
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2015

Abe's ¥600 trillion GDP goal called 'impossible'

After enacting contentious security bills earlier this month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared that he is refocusing on the economy, with the goal of boosting gross domestic product by 20 percent to ¥600 trillion in 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2015

VW scandal exposes cozy ties between Germany's auto industry, government

Angela Merkel learned early in her political career that taking on the German car industry carries risks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2015

As dust from security bills fight settles, Japan opposition — not Abe — facing crisis

Despite putting up a strong united front, it is the opposition that are struggling even though polls showed a majority of voters opposed the controversial security legislation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2015

Stadium officials 'failed to develop system to properly manage complex project,' report finds

Sports minister Hakubun Shimomura among those who failed to develop an organizational structure capable of handling the new National Stadium project, a report has found.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2015

Ruling bloc on verge of enacting security laws

The battle over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's publicly divisive security bills enters its final phase as the Upper House shrugs off the opposition's latest tricks and prepares to vote.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2015

Foes stand their ground as ruling bloc presses hard for vote on contentious security bills

The ruling bloc tried to clear a key hurdle to enact its contentious security legislation at the Upper House on Wednesday night, but the move was met with vehement protests from opposition lawmakers and thousands of angry demonstrators who gathered in a rally around the Diet building.
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2015

Discouraging end to Henoko talks

The lack of progress in talks between the national government and the Okinawan government over the Futenma relocation plan was unsurprising, given the Abe administration's unwillingness to pay heed to anti-base sentiment in Okinawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2015

Heads roll as Matsuno shakes up Ishin no To leadership

Yorihisa Matsuno, head of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party), has sacked three of the party's four top executives, a move likely to accelerate the unfolding disintegration process of the nation's second-largest opposition force.
EDITORIALS
Sep 8, 2015

Three more years for Abe

Does the ruling party have a promising future when it needs the nudging of retired veterans to stir up policy discussions or internal competition?
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 31, 2015

No exit in sight from Futenma quagmire, where local resentment is deep

In early August, it appeared Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga might use his authority to cancel permission for the central government's landfill work on a U.S. facility in Henoko, where personnel from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma are supposed to be relocated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2015

Stadium cost capped at ¥155 billion as Abe tries to get troubled project back on track

The government caps the budget for the new National Stadium, the key venue for the Tokyo Olympics. At u00a5155 billion, it is 41.5% lower than the previously estimated u00a5265 billion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 25, 2015

Protecting Japan's democracy

Japanese voters need to punish politicians who ignore the Constitution, but first a viable alternative to the LDP must be established.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 23, 2015

Humanities under attack

Moves in the halls of power to downgrade, if not outright strip, the humanities and social sciences nation's universities are both outrageous and wrongheaded.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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